TAXILA: Attock police on Wednesday resolved a murder case and arrested the person involved in it besides recovery of looted items.

Addressing a press conference at Jand police station, Sub Divisional Police Officer Sikandar Hayat Gondal said that Hafiz Mohammad Waseem - the owner of a cash and carry was shot dead during a robbery incident on Makhad road on Jan 18 this year.

He said that thesuspect managed to escape afterwards, adding that a police team, led by Station House Officer (SHO) Arbab Tufail traced the suspect through technical and human intelligence.

It may be mentioned here that soon after the incident of robbery-cum murder of shopkeeper Hafiz Mohammad Waseem, who is a graduate in business administration from University of Wah, the business community of Jand observed a shutter down strike and took out a protest rally to condemn the brutal murder.

Meanwhile, Taxila police arrested two persons identified as Nazir Jan and Haji Gull involved in various theft cases and recovered items worth Rs25,000.

Published in Dawn, March 16th, 2023